Roberts view of being a Conservative SC Justice is that of a minimalist. His vote on the ACA basically telegraphed his view that it Congresses role not the Supreme Court’s role to decide on the fate of the ACA.

So the SC will likely force Congress to deal with the issue just in time for the 2016 election. Does anyone seriously think the Congress Critters will tell millions of folks on the subsidies, and the big insurance companies making big profits from those subsidies, that Congress is going to take away those subsidies in an election year?

Unfortunately, far to many good intentioned people who claim to be Conservative will blame the current occupant of the WH with causing their morning fart.

Conservatism is an idea of Constitutionally limited government that I believe was divinely inspired, its a philosophy and road a map of a course of action that will ultimately benefit everyone in this great country.

The knee jerk reaction that it all O’s fault is just as stupid as it was all Bush's fault.

It seems to me there are fewer and fewer ways to describe oneself anymore. I'm leaning toward the theory that both the left and the right are simply fans of their particular team, as is a person following sports. They are FANatics, their team can do no wrong, the other guy is the devil.

Americans today simply pretend the rest of the world is not out there...yet they have a sense of unease unconsciously knowing something is very wrong.

Some think the end times are near but I doubt it. The end of America at the hands of our enemies abroad is very near in my opinion. The final epitaph will be that most went to their untimely deaths believing their country was not at war....

But be pay for it....through higher taxes in the next 50 years. Something I'm sure you oppose.

You do realize there are 20 million Veterans and about 7 million in the VA health system now? Provide insurance to that 13 million for say 10k a pop to the tax payer that's a cool 130 billion. The those 7 million in the system now.. maybe a hundred thousand on average per vet per year, what's that 7 trillion..

If the American tax payer would pay for it I have no problem with your suggestion but we both know they wont pay far more than they are paying now.

The VA can and does work well for a majority of Veterans at a reasonable cost to the taxpayer. The goal should be to fix whats broken not start over with a far costlier system in the long run.

As I said before I've been in the VA system for a long time and my care is top notch. The goal should be to assure all Vets get the same care I get.

I was told I needed a liver biopsy back in April, I had to wait until June to get it done and it took another month to meet with the MD for the results the results. The cost of that biopsy would have been 8-10k in a civilian hospital (I priced it) but it only cost the VA about 1/3 of that.

I am used to the long wait times it comes with the territory. The Veteran patient population is older and sicker than the population as a whole and this trend will only continue for at least the next 50 years.

The VA has been a good political target for the past few months but its going to cost much much more to cut down on the wait times, to get veterans seen and procedures done faster no matter how many employees the VA fires as so many here advocate.

Tell you what, give all Vets a voucher and then shut up and pay for it when the bills come in.

But that wont happen...because the idiot politicians are not interested in actually providing the promised care for the Veteran they are only interested in getting reelected.

It's a narrow decision much like many other decisions by the Roberts court. The CJ’s imprint on the SC during his term has been to return it to a Judicially Conservative Court rather than and Ideological Court which many both on the left and right don't seem to understand.

This decision only applies to closely held corporations. It's not a blow to the ACA in fact it probably will further entrench it in the future as it gives the executive branch free reign to cover contraceptives for employees of those companies that don't offer them and pay for these services with taxpayer dollars. The companies may not have to offer it but they like everybody else will ultimately pay for it through taxes.

If the SC refuses to take this up, which I think is likely, then gay marriage will exist and be legally sanctioned in the 10th Circuit. More importantly other circuits may follow the 10th which has the reputation as being one of the more conservative Appeals courts...

Most folks here see a report like this and assume its the government behind it.

The fact is there is a thriving and growing private industry that is far more intrusive into people's private lives than the government will ever be.

If you browse the Internet someone somewhere is collecting your data, use a cell phone company same, if you use a credit cards, same thing, same with applying for insurance, buying a ticket for any type of travel...the list goes on and on.

If you make any commercial transaction its likely someone somewhere is collecting that information and trying to figure out how to make a buck by selling it...

I would not say Daines is sure to win and if he does he will just be another GOPe.

Montana like Mississippi is heavily dependent on Federal dollars coming into the state. For a candidate of either party to win here they must reassure the voters that he will do everything he can to keep those federal dollars keep flowing into the state.

The VA provides me with excellent care and the goal should be to assure all vets get the same top notch care as I do.

I suspect the vast majority of those in the system receive great care. Because some don't makes it easy to jump on the gut the system band wagon.

But before folks get all excited about this do the math. The twenty million Vets in this country are by and large far sicker than the population in general, many need specialized care that's not easily available in a civilian setting and the need for that care is only going to increase yearly for at least the next 40 or 50 years. If the civilian system can't meet the demands of Obamacare how in the world could it absorb 20 million vets?and at what cost?

The VA can work it has done so in the past and for the most part has been doing so now.

The real problem is the fact that most of the Congress Critters of both parties have never served. They are incompetent and have appointed incompetent administrators to run the system.

I’ve been saying for years we have been losing the WOT based on my travel throughout the world. The question is where are we going to put up a fight in the ME now or on what’s left of the US after being nuked.

I think we should put boots on the ground and back it with air strikes immediately

Unfortunately, most Americans whether on the left or the right will go to their untimely death’s believing we were never at war...

That one of the primary reasons I'm so opposed to the notion of dismantling the VA health care system. I see it as just another attack on the military and the military way of life by the left and far to many on the right...